March 13, 2020This document provides businesses and other non-health care settings with recommendations on how to help mitigate person-to-person transmission of COVID-19. This guidance may be updated as the situation is rapidly changing and new information becomes available.   2019 Novel Coronavirus Health officials are still learning about the spread and severity of a novel…

MARCH 3, 2020 Johns Hopkins CSSE Map of global COVID cases allows users to zoom down to the local level for information on active cases. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

MARCH 4, 2020The FEMA National Business Emergency Operations Center (NBEOC) is activated as part of the Interagency Crisis Action Task Force, supporting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Lead Federal Agency for our nation’s response to COVID-19. The Crisis Action Task Force and NBEOC are operating daily (M-Fri) from 0800-1700 hrs.…

See below for information supplied by NYC Health (DOHMH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM) regarding the current COVID-19 outbreak. Incident Summary Recently, a novel (new) coronavirus was detected in thousands of people worldwide, primarily in China. The infection, called COVID-19, can be spread from person to person. A “novel…

March 1, 2020 Statement from Mayor de Blasio:“From the beginning, we have said it was a matter of when, not if there would be a positive case of coronavirus in New York. Now our first case has been confirmed. The patient contracted the virus during recent travel and is isolated in her home under close monitoring.  Our…

February 28, 2020by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., H. Clifford Lane, M.D., and Robert R. Redfield, M.D. The latest threat to global health is the ongoing outbreak of the respiratory disease that was recently given the name Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). Covid-19 was recognized in December 2019.1 It was rapidly shown to be caused by a novel coronavirus that…

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-criteria.html SITUATION SUMMARY:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and other state and local health departments (LHDs) continue to respond to an outbreak of COVID-19 respiratory disease. COVID-19 cases without known exposure or travel risk factors have been reported by state health departments in California, Oregon and…

The situation is constantly changing every day, to keep up to date on “What You Should Know” please visit the following websites: Federal:  Cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov//index.html This is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information as it becomes available, in addition to updated guidance. NYC:  nyc.gov/health/coronavirus NYS Dept.of Health Notification 102686: https://www.ceas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Notification_102686-1.pdf Download the…